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I’m Going on an Adventure!

6 Oct

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Specifically that adventure is the AutoWeek America Adventure.  I was just minding my business (like I always do) and I saw a link on Google+ about a contest to win a chance to compete in the Adventure.  It sounded neat and I commented on the post; then John Davis suggested that we enter as a team.  Sure, [...]

Not a Gamer, But …

21 Apr

I’m known to play a video game every now and then but I’ve never considered myself a gamer. I used to play Pole Position on Atari with my brother and the various Mario versions on all the early versions of Nintendo consoles. I’ve been known to play fighting games too like Tekken and Mortal Kombat. [...]

CheckFree: A Case of Phishing, Pharming and Drive-Bys

9 Jan

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A lot of attention has been given to increasing awareness about phishing. The goal of phishing is to lure unsuspecting people to voluntarily give up their website credentials with the intent of exploiting those credentials for financial or other gain. Some phishing scams only seem to spam and propagate itself. Most web savvy users know [...]

The Curious Case of Julie Amero

3 Jan

The Curious Case of Julie Amero

The case involving Julie Amero was decided the day after Thanksgiving. For those that are not familiar, Amero is the substitute teacher in Connecticut that was convicted last year of 4 felony counts of “Risk of Injury to a Child” stemming from a 2004 incident involving porn popups displaying on a classroom computer while students [...]

Data Loss, Identity Theft and Credit Card Fraud Links

2 Jan

Most of my Twitter conversation yesterday focused around data loss, identity theft and credit cards.  The point of the discussion was that while consumers must be vigilant to protect their personal and financial data, most of it is out of their hands.  The bigger problem is protecting the organizations that collect, transport, and store this [...]